Sam katz



(No Model.)

S. KATZ. WAISTBAND FOR TROUSERS.

Patented June 23, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAM KATZ, OFNEW YORK, Y.

WAISTBAND FOR TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,616, dated June 23,1896. Application filed April 22, 1896. Serial No. 588 ,559. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAM KATZ, a citizen of the United States, residingat New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Waistbands for Trousers, of which thefol1owing is a specification.

My present invention relates to waistbands for boys kneetrousers, andparticularly to a strip to which loops of elastic cord are attached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a folded or flattened U-shapedstrip of fabric between which loops of elastic cord are placed andconnected to the folded strip by sewing. This strip carrying the loopsof elastic cord is adapted to be connected either to the back of afolded fabric strip and sewed thereto or to be placed between the foldsof a longitudinally-folded fabric strip and sewed thereto. In the onecase the band is without the back lining and in the latter case thefolded strip extending upwardly forms the back lining. In both cases Iprefer to employ eyelets in the folded fabric strip through which toextend the loops of elastic cord, said loops being adapted forconnection with the buttons of a waist to yield in use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the folded or flattenedU shaped piece of fabric and the loops of elastic cord connectedthereto, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the waistband to which the strips shown in Figs. 1 and 2are connected, and Fig. i is a crosssection at no of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isan elevation of the waistband having a back lining and to which thestrip shown in Fig. 1 is connected, and Fig. 8 is a crosssection at y yof Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an elevation of a portion of the band, showing oneform of my invention.

represents the folded or flattened U- shapcd strip of fabric, and a theloops of elastic cord secured thereto by sewing at 1.

Y) represents a waist-band of a single longitudinally-folded strip offabric, the lower edge at 2 being the first fold made and the secondfold 3 being at the upper edge and parallel to the fold 2, and the fold8 being the double fold of the edge where the parts are sewed firmlytogether.

The strip 7) is provided with buttonholcs at c and with smaller holes atc, similar to eyelet-holes. The strip a is placed side by side and edgeto edge with the band-strip Z2 and connected to the same by the line ofsewing 4., which extends through the four thicknesses of fabric, the twoparts being so connected that the loops of elastic cord 00' are inposition to be passed tln'ough the eyelet-holes c, the loops of elasticcord a yielding, when the band is in use, to the strain arising when thewearer stoops over.

The fabric strip (1, Figs. 5 and 6, is first folded double along theupper edge 5 and joined by a line of sewing, and the outer thickness offabric is folded at the lower line 6, and the free end of the fabric isextended upward to form the back lining d", which is to be sewed to thewaistband of the trousers at 7. There are buttonholes e and eyelets c inthe double part of the strip at and the strip a is introduced betweenthis double part and the back lining and the fabrics are sewed togetherby a line of stitching at S, which stitching also passes through thefabric of the trousers 7L, said line of sewing extending through thedouble thicknesses of fabric d in one part and through the fourthicknesses of fabric where the strip dis interposed, and the loops a ofelastic cord extend through the eyelets e for use as yieldingconnections for buttons on the waist. An undulating line of stitching isadvantageously applied at 10 to connect the front part to the backlining.

In the form shown in Fig. 7 I employ eyelets 6 through the fabric belowthe buttonholes and the loops of elastic cord or. only extend abouthalfway up the buttonholes, and said loops of elastic cord can be usedwhen a yielding connection is desired, or they can be turned down, so asto be out of the way when the buttonholes alone are used.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination witha folded U shaped stripof fabric and loops of elastic cord with their ends secured therein bysewing, of a waistband-strip of longi-tudinally-folded fabric havingbuttonholes and also having eyelets through which pass the loops ofelastic cord forming yielding buttonholes, the two strips being sewedtogether near their lower edges, substantially as set forth.

2. The combinationwith a folded U shaped strip of fabric and loops ofelastic cord with their ends secured therein by sewing, of alongitudinally-folclecl fabric strip forming a Waistband and havingbuttonholes and also eyelets in the fabric below the buttonholes throughwhich eyelets said loops of elastic cord pass, the two strips beingsewed tog-ether near their lower edges, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 15th day of April, 1890. 10

SAM KATZ. Witnesses GEO. T. PINCKNEY, HAROLD SERRELL.

